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Ridge Top Restaurant

At a glance

Ridge Top Restaurant (PWSID ME0007711) is an active transient non-community water system in Waldo County, Maine. It reports serving 225 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2020.

Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

225

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDME0007711
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served225
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyME state drinking water program
City servedKnox
StateMaine
ZIP—
CountyWaldo County

How does Ridge Top Restaurant compare with other water systems in Waldo County?

By EPA's size categories, Ridge Top Restaurant is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Waldo County has 75 active public water systems. Its population served is about 12% below the county average of 257 people per system, and accounts for 1.2% of the 19,252 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Maine, the 1,862 active systems average 503 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Ridge Top Restaurant is about 56% above that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Maine has 1,091 active transient non-community water systems, 59% of the state's 1,862 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 1,780 Maine systems (96%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Ridge Top Restaurant?

EPA lists Ridge Top Restaurant as privately owned. The ME state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 57 of the 75 active systems in Waldo County (76%) are also privately owned.

Does Ridge Top Restaurant have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2020. The violations listed here began between January 2011 and March 2020. By type: 6 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 4 monitoring and reporting, 1 monitoring and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Public Notice (6 of them). EPA lists 11 as resolved and 1 as unaddressed. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Unaddressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is not yet covered by formal enforcement.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2020-03-20Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2019-12-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoUnaddressed
2019-07-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2019-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
2017-03-27Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2016-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
2013-01-31Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2012-04-04Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2011-08-18Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2011-03-01Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100YesResolved
2011-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitritecode 1041NoResolved
2011-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved

The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Ridge Top Restaurant: frequently asked questions

Who runs Ridge Top Restaurant?

Ridge Top Restaurant (PWSID ME0007711) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the ME state drinking water program.

How many people does Ridge Top Restaurant serve?

Ridge Top Restaurant reports serving 225 people through 1 service connection in Waldo County, Maine.

Where does Ridge Top Restaurant get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Ridge Top Restaurant have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2020. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Ridge Top Restaurant's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2020. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the ME state drinking water program.

Where can I find Ridge Top Restaurant's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Ridge Top Restaurant is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Waldo County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Belfast Water DistrictWaldo5,698CommunityGroundwater
Searsport Water DistrictWaldo2,763CommunityGroundwater
Rsu 03 Mt View SchoolWaldo1,100Non-transient non-communityGroundwater
Winterport Water DistrictWaldo763CommunityGroundwater
Fort KnoxWaldo592Transient non-communityGroundwater
Northport Village Corp Water DeptWaldo550CommunityPurchased groundwater

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Ridge Top Restaurant, PWSID ME0007711, Maine”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/maine/ridge-top-restaurant-me0007711 (data as of October 1, 2026).